UVA Health Opens Outpatient Eye Surgery Clinic at Northridge Medical Park
6/18/2024
UVA Health is opening an outpatient eye surgery clinic offering laser vision-correction procedures, including the well-known LASIK surgery. UVA Health LASIK Northridge is now open at Suite 130 inside Northridge Medical…
Shrirang Gadrey, MD, Invents Device to Help Measure Labored Breathing
6/18/2024
Shrirang Gadrey, MD, saw the tragedy play out far too many times: A patient’s breathing would be stable in the morning, but – without much warning – abruptly collapse by…
6/18/2024
School of Medicine researchers have discovered a novel clinical syndrome in children with recurrent wheeze — an asymptomatic or “silent” rhinovirus (RV) infection in the lungs accompanied by inflammation. The…
Brant Isakson, PhD, Awarded $2.6 Million to Study the Role of Renin in Hypertension
6/18/2024
Hypertension is the most common pathological indicator for cardiovascular diseases. The key biological system that regulates blood pressure is the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS); its dysregulation at almost any level can…
Juneteenth: Celebrating a Pivotal Moment in American History
6/18/2024
June 19 commemorates a pivotal moment in American history when the Union army announced the liberation of over 250,000 enslaved Black individuals in Texas on this date in 1865, representing…
Applications Sought for Strang Neuroscience Research Award
6/11/2024
The Office of Research is accepting applications for the Strang Neuroscience Research Award. The intent of this award is to provide seed money for young scientists to investigate traumatic brain…
UVA Center for Diabetes Technology Supports Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Community Walk
6/11/2024
The University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology partnered with local volunteers to host the 2024 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Community Walk on June 8 at Albemarle High School.…
Dana Redick, MD, Selected as Committee on Women in Medicine and Science’s Woman of the Month in June
6/11/2024
The Committee on Women in Medicine and Science (COWIMS) is celebrating Pride Month this June and is proud to honor the contributions of Dana Redick, MD, (pronouns: she/her), an associate…
